The difference with the Opportunity Collaboration is that everybody really does want to talk to everybody. Look for a table of 10 with 9 people in deep discussion. At the Opportunity Collaboration you will be very welcome to sit in that seat, and you’ll be welcomed in to the conversation. – Samantha Morshed, Founder and Director, Hathay Bunano

Agenda

Roster

Syllabus

Opportunity Collaboration is one of the most unique conferences I've ever attended, full of heart and determination to solving global poverty. There are ample opportunities for networking and powerful conversations, and at the same time, there is space for self-reflection. - Jill Ultan, Producer, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, USA & U.K.

Logistics

The entire purpose of the Opportunity Collaboration is to connect you with new people and new ideas. Come prepared to share best practices, illuminate partnership opportunities or reveal a current passion or innovative idea. Engage your fellow Delegates with your mission.

Ways To Engage

Guides

The Opportunity Collaboration is not only a sought-after annual gathering, but its Delegates, past and present, are an engaged, on-going community of high-powered leaders who are passionate about poverty alleviation. This community is defined by its culture of collaboration. The Guide program was designed to deepen the experience of new Delegates by fostering a more integrated participation across the Opportunity Collaboration, and therefore amplify new Delegates’ personal and professional outcomes, ensuring that every new Delegate arrives onsite aware of our unique culture, ready to listen, learn and succeed in their own agendas by asking fellow Delegates, “What can I do for you?”

Pre-event, Guide’s connect with new Delegates to understand their reasons for attending and discuss best practices for building relationships in the global Opportunity Collaboration network. Guides offer pre-event group conference calls to begin making connections and ensure all new Delegates arrive onsite with allies and resources. While working in Cancun, Guides will answer new Delegate’s questions and make productive introductions, as time permits given their simultaneous engagement as Delegates with their own important missions to accomplish.

Colloquium For The Common Good

Core Activity for All Delegates

The Colloquium for the Common Good is an essential aspect of the Opportunity Collaboration experience. In small groups, all Delegates participate in this core curriculum, creating a common experiential bond and shared set of learning.

The Colloquium is Opportunity Collaboration’s signature seminar on executive leadership, economic justice and the good society. The Colloquium addresses the principles that drive poverty alleviation and asks Delegates to think pragmatically about the nature of their leadership.

Conversations For Change

Conversations for Change are two-hour work sessions in which Delegates intensively describe missions, strategies and common challenges around a central question, policy issue or theme. Conversations for Change include a broad range of social impact actors: investors, grant-makers, for-profit social enterprises, non-profits, activists, policy influencers and more.

All participating Delegates are asked to contribute their specific institutional expertise, explain their mission or theory of social change and, most importantly, what problem they are confronting that attracted them to this Conversation session. Delegates are asked to investigate, brainstorm and imagine solutions within individual policy sectors, between sectors and across sectors. Institutional boundaries are set aside. Delegates act with generosity of spirit and a maximum amount of institutional cooperation. Lectures, powerpoints, static presentations, speechifying, organizational egos, pitches and filibusters are prohibited.

Conversations for Change are scheduled for two-hour time periods following lunch each day. Delegates attend on a first-come, first-seated basis.

To Submit Your Conversation for Change Proposal:

Conversations for Change are awarded to Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested Delegates should submit a proposal to the Opportunity Collaboration COO, Jorian Wilkins (jorian@ocimpact.com), as soon as possible. Current topics and Delegate-Catalysts are posted on the Agenda.

Capacity-Building Clinics

Capacity-Building Clinics are Delegate-inspired and organized professional development sessions in which Delegates intensively coach each other. Concrete, pragmatic skills for institutions and organizational leadership are taught. Topics include, but are not limited to: media relations; sales and marketing strategies; fund raising and investor-donor relations; evaluating organizational and programmatic effectiveness; financial planning; business plan writing; other topics proposed by Delegates.

Clinics are scheduled for two-hour time periods from 3 to 5pm every day. Delegates enroll on a first-come, first-seated basis.

To Submit Your Capacity-Building Clinic Proposal:

Capacity-Building Clinics are awarded to Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested Delegates should submit a proposal (title and a three to four sentence description) to the Opportunity Collaboration COO, Jorian Wilkins (jorian@ocimpact.com), as soon as possible. Current topics and Delegate-Catalysts are posted on the Agenda.

Salons

Salons are scheduled for ninety minutes during lunch and dinner each day. Up to twelve people per conversational table are seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Specific topics and Delegate-leaders are posted on the Agenda at the corresponding lunch or dinner time.

To Submit Your Salon Proposal:

Sixty-four Salon tables are awarded to Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested Delegates should submit a proposal (title and a three to four sentence description) to the Opportunity Collaboration COO, Jorian Wilkins (jorian@ocimpact.com), as soon as possible. Current topics and Delegate-Catalysts are posted on the Agenda.

Media Resources

Engage with leading media innovators and experts! Boehm Media Fellows seek to raise awareness, share knowledge, shift attitudes, diversify platforms, and build skills and capacity through shared participation at the Opportunity Collaboration and beyond. This year at Opportunity Collaboration, the Boehm Media Fellows are offering daily media resources on building and maximizing your Media & Communications Strategy, including:

Four capacity building clinics focused on building your storytelling skills, using social media, finding the story in your organization, and honing your pitch

Four Media labs to provide hands on support on building your communication plan, designing a media campaign, producing media, and distribution strategies

One cluster-forks on media literacy in the age of fake news

And three Ask Us Anything times for you to come ask your media questions

Details on 2017 Boehm Media resources will be in every Delegate’s mailbox upon arrival. Click hereto learn more about each of the talented 2017 Boehm Media Fellows!

Affinity Groups

While Opportunity Collaboration intentionally brings together leaders from around the globe working on a diverse array of poverty solutions, crossing sectors, geographies and other working silos so Delegates can learn from each other’s successes and challenges – Delegates always want to meet fellow Delegates who share something in common. Hence, the Affinity Group Program exists so that those who share an affinity for a topic can get to know each other before, during, and potentially after the Opportunity Collaboration to ensure the greatest…dare we say…opportunity for collaboration around the shared topic/theme/geography. Chemistry in these cohorts can lead to connection at the Collaboration and ongoing support before, during and after Opportunity Collaboration.

The following Delegates will take on a leadership role in the topics below. If you are interested in joining an Affinity Group, reach out directly to the Affinity Leader and introduce yourself sharing your interest in the work. If you would like more information about getting involved more generally, please reach out to Topher Wilkins, CEO: topher@ocimpact.com

Every year we hear from Delegates that they wish there was more time to meet folks working on the same challenges. This is your chance to do that!

Networking Tips

Connection Concierge Service: Confirmed 2018 and prior Delegates may request introductions to each other at any time that is mutually productive. Search the 2018 Delegate Roster for potential allies, and email CEO Topher Wilkins with your reason for requesting a personal introduction. Introductions are always made with Delegate’s advance permission.

Regional Receptions: Throughout the year, Delegates host private regional receptions for fellow Delegates and their colleagues to further exchange ideas and resources and introduce new high-impact leaders to our network. Email CEO Topher Wilkins if you’d like to host an Opportunity Collaboration reception in your city.

Delegate Lookbook

Delegates are provided with a directory onsite that contains Delegate photos and contact information to facilitate communications and follow-up on connections made during the Opportunity Collaboration.

How To Showcase Your Mission

Host a session

Confirmed Delegates can lead Conversations for Change, Capacity-Building Clinics, and Meaningful Meal sessions. Agenda opportunities are awarded to Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested Delegates should submit a proposal (title and a three to four sentence description, including 2 guiding discussion questions) to the Opportunity Collaboration COO, Jorian Wilkins (jorian@ocimpact.com), as soon as possible.

Submit a video for in-room news channel (Collaboration Network News)

Collaboration Network News (CNN) is the Opportunity Collaboration’s two on-site television channels. Both channels broadcast 24/7 via into each Delegate’s Leadership Village room during the Opportunity Collaboration, as well as in the theatre in the evenings. All Delegates are encouraged to include at least one video clip for each CNN channel. One CNN broadcasts a video montage of 2-5 minute educational videos introducing the unique work Opportunity Collaboration Delegates and their organizations are accomplishing to combat poverty. The second CNN channel features longer (up to 2 hour) documentary-style films by or about Delegates and their organizations, showcasing their work in richer detail.

Tables for Delegate organizational displays and literature are available everyday in the Conference Center. Delegates are encouraged to bring modest amounts of materials for distribution. Based on prior years experience, 25 copies of handouts are usually sufficient, as these materials are mainly for fellow Delegates to peruse on-site during the event.

Guidelines For Success

Themes, Topics, Issues, & You

Don’t hold back. The best sessions and captivating private conversations will be about what is important to you and your work.

• As an agent of social change, what are your most significant institutional goals and challenges?

• What is your organization’s theory of change and how do you measure results?

• What is your current strategy or business plan for financial sustainability and/or accountable impact?

• What emerging and promising opportunities to reduce poverty do you see in the marketplace?

• What types of partners or expertise do you require or seek to achieve your objectives(s)?

• How are you currently realizing new opportunities for global connections and new alliances?

• Do you have a collaborative or hybrid social change model that other Delegates can replicate or join in partnership?

To continue productive conversations after the Opportunity Collaboration, all Delegates receive a complete Delegate Roster with full contact information. You don’t need to exchange or carry business cards.

Diversity & Equality

We are a diverse group of change-makers with different racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, class, sexual, and gender backgrounds and orientations coming together to do what we can to make this world a better place for all.

We acknowledge working in a world with numerous divisions, and can’t pretend that all who come to this gathering are perceived as equal in social status in the world as it presently exists.

Absolutely all are welcome here. But by welcoming all we don’t in any way wish to disavow or diminish the very real differences each of us embodies.

Like the potent, self-aware people we aim to be we intentionally foreground those differences. We name them clearly in order to recognize the very real historical power differentials that have resulted from those differences.

Our aim is not to hide, repress, or deny those differences, but to go through them to realize our personal and collective aims.

Ask The Big Question

Ask every Delegate: What is your mission? How can I help you advance it?

Be Yourself. Be Authentic. Be Evocative.

Share your passion with personal stories – the highs and the lows of your work. Make it personal. Make it real.

Be tangible. Provide other Delegates with the information needed to consider collaborating with you. If you were considering partnering or backing your organization, what would you want to know about it?

Honor the opinions of other Delegates by respecting the Opportunity Collaboration’s non-partisanship, confidentiality and informality.

Talking About Money

Some of us have money, some do not. We meet at an all-inclusive resort in order to help minimize those class differences. But some of us are donors and some of us seek donations. That’s real too.

Class, race, gender, etc. privileges all exist. Some have more privileges, some less, but we most of us embody some combination of both.

We aim to acknowledge all our power differentials with each other up front so that each of us can refine her/his awareness and work with them, not in spite of them.

We also acknowledge how privileged all of us are simply to be able to attend this gathering.

So let us be the change we seek to make in the world. Let us be leaders not only in our work outside Opportunity Collaboration, but in our work collaboratively as well.

Let us each bring our full awareness and most skillful means to acknowledging our differences and working with them during our time together, for our own benefit and for the benefit of all.

Whether you have money or want money, a few tips about framing intelligent conversations:

• Be candid. Funders can’t fund everything that is worthy and no anti-poverty program is the panacea. Save yourself and everyone else time by stating your agenda and focus.

• Failure never fails. Put forth what is working, what has failed and what you’ve learned. Your candor will be appreciated, and you will win converts to your cause.

• Keep it short. Be concise and get to the point. Don’t preach.

Your fellow Delegates, especially funders, are thought leaders and much more than the sum of their bank accounts. Avoid performing wallet biopsies on other Delegates. It disrespects the spirit of the Opportunity Collaboration to monetize every conversation.

Raise The Bar, Aim High

Every Delegate shares your commitment to economic justice. All are seasoned veterans and distinguished leaders in the anti-poverty movement. Delegates appreciate comments and presentations that are demanding, challenging and sophisticated.

• Don’t talk about “me” and what you have achieved. It’s a given that all Opportunity Collaboration delegates are accomplished people.

• Don’t hesitate to discuss failures. Some of the best learning comes from what doesn’t work.

Suggestions For Dynamic Sessions

All sessions are conversational discussions, not lectures, formal presentations or panels. Powerpoint and other electronic aids are not available.

• Introductions should be the first order of business

• Start with a question, rather than your own presentation to stimulate participation

• Be concrete rather than theoretical

• Follow the conversation; don’t force it to go in a predetermined direction

• Don’t step on other speakers

Ego Control

Collaboration is not just a matter of playing nicely with others. It is an element of structural reform which can reduce organizational dysfunction. Institutional silos (such as entrepreneurs vs. nonprofits, governments vs. foundations, funders vs. grantees) block pragmatic problem-solving. Pack your ideas and solutions, but leave your institutional baggage (and your ego) behind.

Participate To The Max

The Opportunity Collaboration forms an extraordinary community of life-time allies and personal friendships. Leave even one day early (yes, we know, the home office can’t live without you, but neither can we) and you will miss the final moments when handshakes and hugs form the foundation for future collaboration.

No Second-Class Citizenship

All the paid and pro bono staff members are, like you, full Delegates of the Opportunity Collaboration. There is no hierarchy, and no levels of membership. Everyone you meet is committed to social & economic justice for all Americans and is attending the Opportunity Collaboration to learn and share.

Health & Wellness

Collaborate yourself! Drink water and get some rest; you are in the tropics. You are not expected to attend every seminar, every round table and every stimulating program. Take a nap, take a walk, take care of yourself. Have fun!

Delegate Suite-Sharing

The $2500.00 ($2950.00 after November 30th) Suite-Sharing Delegate fee includes full Delegate standing. Each suite has two separate bedrooms (one with a king bed, one with two twins) and share a common bathroom. Delegates can request a specific suite-mate, or Opportunity Collaboration staff will pair together single Delegates electing to enroll at the suite-sharing rate.

Extended Stays

Lodging for extended stays before or after the pre-paid 5 nights is $295.00 per night (up to two people per room, including meals). An additional $100 per night will be charged for each child in the room. As with all other hotel arrangements, book your extended stay with the Opportunity Collaboration Registrar Tracie Hudgins.

Cancellation Policies

After January 1, 2018, a $750.00 cancellation fee is applied for Delegate cancellations. No cash refunds are allowed after June 30, 2018, except in the case Opportunity Collaboration is canceled by us due to natural catastrophe. If a Delegate cancels in July, August or September 2018, the Delegate’s fee balance remaining (after the $750.00 cancellation fee) can be credited towards the 2019 Collaboration: to use the credit, the Delegate must register for the 2019 Collaboration prior to December 31, 2018; the credit will otherwise expire at the end of 2018. Delegate cancellations which occur after September 30, 2018 do not receive a credit towards the 2019 Collaboration. Traveling Companion Fees, Private Room Upgrade Fee and Extended Stay Fees are non-refundable after September 30, 2018. If Opportunity Collaboration is cancelled by us due to natural catastrophe, Delegates will receive either a cash refund or, at the option of the Delegate, a credit towards the 2019 Collaboration. To cancel, contact the Opportunity Collaboration Registrar Tracie Hudgins.

Sustainable Funding Model

Opportunity Collaboration is a mission-driven social enterprise. Opportunity Collaboration exists to further the work of leaders ending poverty, in the United States and globally, and heavily invests in Fellowships. Because Delegates make the Opportunity Collaboration financially sustainable without subsidies from outside sources, Delegates are the only stakeholders. The network serves one purpose alone: increasing social justice and economic opportunity – no sponsors, no paid promotions, and no gimmicks.

Scheduling & Arrival

Scheduling Travel.

Arrival day for ALL Delegates is October 14, 2018.

The Collaboration commences that evening.

Departure date is October 19, 2018, anytime.

Important Note: Delegates departing before October 19, 2018, miss critical program and networking elements of the Opportunity Collaboration.

Mexican Customs. Baggage is searched randomly. After securing your luggage, Mexican customs officials will ask you to push a button. If the light flashes green, you have cleared customs without a luggage search. If a red light flashes, your bags will be searched.

After Customs. After exiting Mexican customs, Opportunity Collaboration and resort staff with signs will greet you and take you to buses for the 20-minute trip to the leadership village. Bottled water will be available. During your trip, pre-assigned room keys will be issued and leadership village logistics explained.

Upon Arrival. At the leadership village, you and your luggage will be escorted directly to your room via the Communications Center (near the central patio) where you will check your mailbox for messages and receive your welcome packet with a personalized agenda and village map. Plan to visit the Conference Center where you can deliver organizational literature to the Literature Library. Dinner with open seating is 6:30pm to 8:30pm followed by the Welcome Reception.

Flights

Airfare should be booked to and from Cancún International Airport (airport code: CUN).

Airlines with regular flights to and from Cancún:

Aeroméxico: 800- 800-9999

United Airlines: 800-523-3273

Interjet: 866-285-9525

Southwest Airlines: 800-435-9792

jetBlue: 800-538-2583

Delta Airlines: 800-221-1212

Submit Flight Itinerary. Important Note: Flight information must be submitted in advance to reserve complimentary airport shuttle service. Delegates must finalize and submit an air travel itinerary on or before September 30, 2018. Send your itinerary information as soon as you book your flight to: Tracie Hudgins.

For Delegates without prior shuttle service reservations, the one-way taxi fare from the airport is approximately $60.00.

Visa Information

Passports for US Citizens Required. U.S. citizens must present a U.S. passport valid for 6 months after departure from Mexico. This is Mexican law. Visas for Non-U.S. Citizens Required. Most non-U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico will require a visa. Secure your visa immediately. The process for obtaining a visa can be lengthy.

Room Features & Cuisine. All rooms are equipped with king-size beds, air conditioning, safes, hairdryer, iron & ironing board, mini-bar, television and standard North American electrical outlets. Complimentary, but sometimes patchy, internet service is available. The leadership village serves three healthy buffets daily. All meals, snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, wine, and beer are included in the all-inclusive Delegate fee.

Health, Fitness & Safety. The leadership campus is a guarded enclave restricted to Delegates and hotel staff. Water is safe to drink. A nurse is on duty in the infirmary every day, around the clock. The all-inclusive Delegate fee includes complimentary use of all health and wellness facilities, including the gymnasium, tennis courts, kayaking, windsurfing and sailing equipment, yoga and trapeze instruction, basketball, softball, ping pong, volleyball, archery and more.

Attire. The Collaboration atmosphere is relaxed, unhurried, informal and conducive to quiet conversation and dialogue. For daytime sessions and meals, Delegates should consider shorts, t-shirts and sandals suitable to tropical weather. For evenings, dressy resort attire is appropriate.

Weather. Cancun in October is tropical, balmy and hot with temperatures ranging from 70 to 90 degrees F. Expect some humidity and light afternoon rain showers.

Travelling Companions

The Opportunity Collaboration is family friendly and welcomes family members and significant others to accompany Delegates.

The $450.00 Traveling Companion all-inclusive registration fee includes 5 nights lodging (standard hotel double occupancy), three meals per day, airport shuttle and gratuities. Airfare and other personal expenses not included. To bring a Traveling Companion, the primary Delegate must be registered for a private room. Delegates should register their Traveling Companion early, because the Traveling Companion fee will increase when the Collaboration is sold out. Register here or to add your Traveling Companion to your existing registration, contact Registrar Tracie Hudgins.

Non-Delegate Traveling Companions may attend all networking receptions and events, all recreational programs and all evening activities. However, the Colloquium for the Common Good, Conversations for Change and Capacity-Building Clinics are reserved for full Delegates only. Companions who wish to participate in these programs should register as full Delegates ($2500.00, standard hotel double occupancy until Dec. 31st). See Delegate Suite-Sharing.

While Delegates are in the daily Colloquium, Conversations for Change and Capacity-Building Clinic sessions, Traveling Companions may at their own expense use the spa services or arrange offsite excursions ranging from golf, snorkeling and swimming with dolphins to cultural explorations. Spa and excursion appointments can be made upon arrival; fees vary by activity.

Children: 17 Years or Younger

An all-inclusive $350.00 registration fee is required for children 17 years of age or younger and includes all lodging, meals, airport shuttles and gratuities. Eighteen years of age and older are considered adult traveling companions. To bring a traveling companion or child, the primary Delegate must be registered for a private room. Register here or to make changes to your existing registration, contact Registrar Tracie Hudgins.

Family accommodations are equipped with strollers, cribs, baby bathtubs, bottle warmers and sanitizers, white noise players and changing areas. Family-friendly dining, beach and pool areas are designated for Delegates with children. For families with younger children, high chairs, booster seats and baby food are available.

Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver at all times during the Opportunity Collaboration. A supervised recreational program for 4-13 year olds is available from 9am to 5pm. For children under 4, childcare at the onsite nursery is available on a fee basis.

Sangster Young Fellowships support the attendance of children from nations around the globe at Opportunity Collaboration by providing registration fees for children and their accompanying Delegate parents from developing countries. The purpose of the Sangster Young Fellowship program is to foster lifelong connections between children around the world, so they may someday engage in world-changing work together as true peers, bonded by childhood friendship. Parents of awardees lead OC Just Kids Workshops to engage children in stories and cultural activities from their home countries. To inquire about Sangster Young Fellowships, please email COO Jorian Wilkins.

Anti-Harassment Policy

Introduction

At Opportunity Collaboration, we envision a world where everyone is treated fairly and equally. We know that is not yet the world that we live in, and acknowledge that there is power and privilege that we must work to address to level the playing field.

We have a zero-tolerance policy for harm and harassment. Opportunity Collaboration reserves the right to decline Delegate status to anyone violating this policy. This policy is shared on the website and every Delegate receives written information onsite about how to report negative experiences, along with a list of individuals who can respond to concerns.

Guidelines

We seek to live our values in community, as demonstrated through our words and actions. We seek to create a space where everyone feels supported to show up as their best self and share their unique contributions with one another. We believe that we create our best work in the world in an environment where everyone can thrive. We seek to support our Delegates in being present with one another in a way that dismantles oppressive systems present in society at large.

To create a space where everyone feels welcomed and supported, we ask all Delegates in our community to follow these guidelines:

Respect others. We respect every person and prioritize personal development in ourselves and others. Respectful behavior includes listening before speaking and asking questions rather than assuming intentions. It means respecting others as they seek to build meaningful connections, and entering into private meetings or conversations only when invited, or after asking permission.

Assume the best. If you have been offended or hurt by someone’s words or actions, seek first to understand their intentions and meaning (if you feel it is appropriate and that you can do so safely).

Respect your own needs. Pay attention to your own needs. Stand up for yourself if you have been treated unfairly, or ask for help or clarification. Take the time or space you need to be fully present and rested.

Engage in constructive dialogue. We bring together people from many different walks of life. Recognize that someone else’s frame of reference is likely to be different from your own. When conflicts arise, see what you can learn from another’s point of view.

Do not harass others, and do your part to prevent and stop harassment. Contribute not only through refraining from engaging in harassing behavior yourself, but by standing beside and in support of others who you see experiencing forms of harassment.

What is harassment?

What is harassment? Harassment can be verbal, physical, or emotional. Harassment includes:

Use or abuse of a position of privilege or power to manipulate or extort others into doing something about which they are hesitant or uncomfortable (i.e. meeting in a location or in attire that is not professional).

Singularly amazing way to meet like-minded people who can help you move forward in whatever initiative you may have regarding social impact. Done how it should be done: through serendipity, friendships, and a human connection - rather than a cold, direct, transactional approach. - Roger Lacayo, Tip4Good

Fellowships

Fellowships provide exceptional social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and journalists engaged in poverty alleviation and economic justice enterprises registration scholarships to participate as Delegates in the Opportunity Collaboration. Fellowships open doors, minds and networks, enrich the Opportunity Collaboration with new leaders, and infuse collaborative discussions with a diversity of experience and perspectives. Financial need is a primary consideration.

Fellows are responsible for their own travel costs, itinerary, and documentation.

Cordes Fellowship

Cordes Fellows are high-impact, innovative, entrepreneurial for-profit and nonprofit executives with a demonstrated commitment to building sustainable solutions to poverty and injustice.

Boehm Media Fellowship

Boehm Fellowships provide journalists, storytellers, authors, bloggers, writers, editors, filmmakers, and other media experts at the helm of social innovation with a major focus on poverty alleviation the opportunity to participate as Delegates.

Sangster Fellowship

Sangster Young Fellowships support the attendance of children from nations around the globe at Opportunity Collaboration by providing registration fees for children and their accompanying Delegate parents from developing countries. The purpose of the Sangster Young Fellowship program is to foster lifelong connections between children around the world, so they may someday engage in world-changing work together as true peers, bonded by childhood friendship. Parents of awardees lead OC Just Kids Workshops to engage children in stories and cultural activities from their home countries. To inquire about Sangster Young Fellowships, please email COO Jorian Wilkins.

I usually connect to people in conferences, but not at such personal level; I usually go to conferences in nice places, but definitely not this nice; I usually learn in conferences, but not this much especially about myself; I usually collaborate with other people at conferences, but never with such intent; I usually have fun in conferences, but never close to this! - Leonardo Letelier, Founder & CEO, Sitawi, Brazil